Marathi film actor Amol Kolhe won the recent Lok Sabha elections. He contested on an NCP ticket and won from the Shirur constituency in Pune district of Maharashtra. He defeated Shiv Sena’s Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil.
South actress Sumalatha also won the elections from Mandya constituency in Karnataka. She is the first Independent woman candidate to become an MP from Karnataka. She defeated Nikhil Kumara swamy, son of Karnataka chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy.